Time has flown. How did it happen again? Many things have happened since my last post. One of the many things is that my interactive sound installation was selected for the exhibition at klingt gut! Sound Symposium in Hamburg, Germany. The symposium opens in two days and I’m writing this blog post in an Airbnb room…

“What happens in Vegas stays on Facebook” is a meme that couldn’t be more true nowadays. “Vegas” can be almost any public place in the physical world or every discussion forum on the Internet. In addition to Facebook, our opinions, words and actions will be recorded and stored in a number of places, data centres and private computers.…

Some time ago I wondered whether one can record anything usable on a mobile phone. The answer was yes, but my Samsung S4 mini’s internal noise gate ruined quiet recordings. The app I used for recording was (and still is) PVD Field Recorder, and soon after the blog post was published the developer of Field Recorder, Dr. Hartmut Pfitzinger, emailed me…

Okay, using mobile phone as an audio recorder is a classic topic, but I want to share my experience and an experiment. I’ve done many impromptu field recordings using just my “smartphone”, simply because it has often been the only gadget I’ve had with me at the time. And sometimes I’ve even deliberately chosen the phone instead…

I came across a software called Sound Particles on a sound design forum. It’s a cool 3D sound design tool that uses particle systems to generate sound atmospheres. What it means is that you can import several sound files from your sound library, then tell the software how they will appear in a virtual 3D environment around your…

I’m working on a project where I need lots of bicycle sounds. Being an enthusiastic cyclist myself I decided to start creating my own bicycle sound library for this and future projects. I own three bicycles and different sets of wheels and tires, so I think I’m ready to start sound collecting! First on my…

Near my home there’s an old concrete bridge from the 1960’s. The bridge is ugly and nearly collapsing due to some structural errors made back in the day, but it’s still in heavy use and an important traffic vein. When you walk under it you can hear the cars above driving over an expansion joint.…